Monday, April 24, 2017

Today is going to be a short email, but I just wanted you
all to know I've had a great week! Raiken is turning nine this week, and
the ward is going to help us throw him a big birthday party :) There
is a family with two boys, and they haven't been baptized. They
weren't super open, but then one of the boys and I clicked on Star
Wars and he said he'd sit down and listen to us! Go Nerdiness! We got to
meet with a few more non members as well who said they might be
interested! I'll keep you all updated :)

Also, one of our ward mission leaders is a super good
taxidermist, and he had us stop by his house to see some of his recent
projects. I'll send pictures!

Anyway, stay safe this week everyone! I love you all! The
church is true, the book is blue, and Moroni is always on the ball!

Monday, April 17, 2017

Just wanted to let you all know that I am alive and well.
This first week in Richmond has been long, but it has been awesome :)
The members here are super missionary minded and within the first few
days we got a huge list of referrals that we have been working on.

We went to visit a woman who hasn't been very active, and she
was very nice to us. We got to talking and she asked if we
wanted to meet her boyfriend, so we said sure. Well, it turns out her
boyfriend is not a member, and he wants to learn about the church! So we
are going to start up lessons with them this week :)

We were driving to visit some referrals and we noticed a man
painting a trampoline in front of his trailer. We decided to stop and
offer help, which he accepted. We got to talking while we painted
and once we were done, he told us that we were the first missionaries
to actually help him with something. He then told us about how
he has been thinking about getting active again, and he told us to
drop by the next day and teach his son, who wants to be baptized. So
we came back and met his son Raiken. He wanted to be baptized, so we
set expectations with the both of them about the things they
both need to do in order to gain a testimony throughout the teaching
process, one of which was coming to church. They both committed to go to
church and they actually showed up yesterday! We are excited to be
working with them :)

We were out introducing ourselves to the ward mission
leaders, and when we knocked on one of their doors, he answered and said
we were just in time. He then proceeded to usher us into his car and
he drove us to a house. We got out and he introduced us to the owner
of the home, who is a recent convert. We were talking and the man
asked if we would come teach his family the new member lessons, we said
of course. He then told us that his two boys were not baptized and that
if things

go well, he would like them to be baptized. We are meeting
with them tonight.

A similar experience happened with another ward mission
leader. We showed up to introduce ourselves and he took us to a lesson
that we were right on time for. It was also with a family where the
parents were recent converts. They have a girl that wants to get
baptized, but there are a lot of things that make it hard to teach her.
The parents expressed that they feel lost, especially about how to teach
the gospel in the home. We offered to teach them how to do
family home evening, so we are going over tonight to do that.

On transfer day, I got to go to see my recent convert, Dani
Goodwin, who was baptized a year ago. She had invited me to go with
her to receive her endowment and to attend her sealing. It was an
amazing experience being able to see her be sealed to her husband
who passed away a few years ago! I am so happy for her :)

Anyway, it has been a good first week of the transfer! I
really appreciate all of your prayers and I am praying for you
also. I hope you are all seeing success in your efforts to share your
testimony

with friends and family. I love you all and hope you have a
great week!

Monday, April 10, 2017

Just got news for transfers. I've been reassigned to the
Richmond Stake. I'm happy because it's only a few miles away from my
current area. I already know some people there as well, so it'll be
good. My

new companion will be Elder Toon, who I don't know very
well.

We had a really good week! Madden got baptized! We're super
happy for him :) His brother just got back from a mission in Ghana and
was able to baptize him. I'll send pictures. We also got to
participate in a wedding, at a tire shop. Our good friend Sandy got
married and we are super excited for her :)

Yesterday Elder Remfrey and I dressed up like Nephi and
Joseph Smith and talked to the Primary kids for sharing time. It was
awesome! I hope they liked it.

It snowed again... in April... I wasn't very happy about
that. Luckily it melted quickly. We drove up a mountain today, and we just
got done playing pickleball with some other Elders in the District.

Anyway, I gotta go, but I want to thank everyone for all you
do. Remember to share your testimony with those around you. You
never know who you might help by doing so. I love you all and I hope
you have a great week!

Elder Walker

(Elder Walker is going to miss Preston, and I believe he will be missed as well - One of Mom's favorite pics)

Monday, April 3, 2017

It's been a pretty good week. We have Madden's baptism this
weekend, so that will be awesome! We had exchanges this week which
allowed Elder Nombrado and I to work outside of the focus ward. We
got to go to all of the outlying areas of the Stake and follow up with
all the ward mission leaders, at least the ones we caught home. We
had zone conference this week, which turned out pretty well.

I really enjoyed Conference this weekend. It is always great
to hear from the prophets and church leaders. We had a few awesome
families that let us come watch Conference with them. In between
sessions we had time to rope the dummy that Elder Remfrey got for his
birthday. One of the guys we watched Conference with had a drone with
a camera on it, so he video taped us.

Anyway, sorry for not writing much this week, we got busy
today. Thank you all for your support and prayers, it helps a lot.